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Annual Survey of Governments, 1986: Finance Statistics (ICPSR 9164)

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

For each governmental unit surveyed in the data collection,
finance data are provided for revenues, expenditures, indebtedness, and
cash and security holdings. Revenue data are listed by source, and
expenditures are listed by function and type. Functions include
education, administration, transit, and public welfare. Expenditure
types include intergovernmental transactions, current operations, and
capital outlays. Data are also provided for employee retirement systems
operated by governments and for utilities operated by state and local
governments.

For each governmental unit surveyed in the data collection,
finance data are provided for revenues, expenditures, indebtedness, and
cash and security holdings. Revenue data are listed by source, and
expenditures are listed by function and type. Functions include
education, administration, transit, and public welfare. Expenditure
types include intergovernmental transactions, current operations, and
capital outlays. Data are also provided for employee retirement systems
operated by governments and for utilities operated by state and local
governments.

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ANNUAL SURVEY OF GOVERNMENTS, 1986: FINANCE STATISTICS. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1988. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1989. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09164.v1

Universe:
State and local governments in the United States, including
counties, municipalities, townships, school districts, and special
districts.

Data Type(s):
survey data, and aggregate data

Data Collection Notes:

There are six "record types" in File A, each
corresponding to a type of governmental unit. All six record types have
the same technical characteristics. Each record in File A contains data
for one governmental unit. File B, which covers the 410 county areas
with populations of 100,000 or more, provides one record for each
county area. In contrast, File C supplies national and state area
estimates by level and type of government. It contains 52 groups of
eight records each, with one group for each geographic area (the United
States, the 50 states, and the District of Columbia). Each group
contains one record for each of the following types and levels of
government: (1) state and local government total, (2) state total, (3)
local total, (4) counties, (5) municipalities, (6) townships, (7)
school districts, and (8) special districts. Records for local
governments in metropolitan areas carry Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS) SMSA codes. All records contain FIPS state and county
codes where appropriate.

Methodology

Sample:
Governmental units canvassed in the finance phase of the
1982 Census of Governments that meet specified population or financial
minimums are included. Governments created since 1982 that meet the
criteria of certainty units are also included.

Data Source:

official records of state and local governments, and
self- enumerated forms mailed to governmental units

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1989-05-04

Version History:

2006-01-18 File CB9164.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.